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H. O. BAILEY.

SAFETY PIN.

No. 357,890. Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

WITNESSES.

IUivrrE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. BAILEY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS PORTER, OF MONTGLAIR, NEYV JERSEY.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,890, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed September 2, 1886. Serial No. 212,441.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY O. BAILEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improve- 5 ment in Safety-Pins, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention is in the nature of an im- IO provement in safety-pins; and the invention consists in asufety-pi-n constructed in the manner hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my safety-pin. Fig.

2 is also a side view, with the shield in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewin the line a: m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The present improvement insafetypins, which I desire to patent, relates particularly to the manner of folding the wire of the pin, so as to afford the foundation for the attachment of ashield,and for the purpose of accom plishing the other results which follow from the folding of the wire.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a safety-pin with the ordinary coil-spring, a. The unsharpened member?) of this pin, which is so lettered to distinguish it from the sharpened member 0, is bent or folded as shown in Fig. 2that is, it is turned up at right angles with a curve, as at (I, then extended horizontally with a curve at c, then again at right angles with a curve, as at f, the end of the Wire in the last right-angular bend being adjacent to the wire of the member 6. This folding of the wire makes practically a frame inclosing an open space, 9, and the sides of 0 this frame are utilized in this wise: A blank of sheet metahto construct a shield substantially of the form shown in Fig. 1, is stamped out. One part of this blank is folded and V clamped around the unsharpened member at 5 71. Another part of the blank is folded over,

but not in contact with, the frame, as at k. This last-named fold overlaps the frame-work, so that a space is left between the frame and the under side of the folded metal. A third and last part of the metal blank is now folded and clamped over, as at m, and when the metal blank has in this way been folded and clamped a shield, B, is formed,and the operation of a safety pin with its unsharpened (No model.)

member folded and its shield constructed as .55 described is this: A firm foundation for the attachment of theshield is produced, asmooth and rounded end that will not abrade is formed by the wire and vertical bend a, and

a smooth and rounded surface is produced by 6c the right-angular bend 1), so that it cannot produce an abrading or sharp edge, this right angular bend also re-enlorcing the metal of the inner edge of the shield, and, finally, the space 3 between the under side of the folded part k of the blank permits the sharpened point of the member 0 to pass under the folded part and lie between the frame and the fold at It, so that when the point is in this position any accidental downward pressure of the sharpened member would bring the point in contact with this frame and prevent its being pushed from under the fold it, while at the same time it does not interfere with the ready disengagement of the point from the shield, when desired, by simply pushing the member slightly sidewise as well as downward, which will free the point from the frame and from the shield. It is obvious, therefore, that the folds in the wire of the pin or the frame so formed produce not only a foundation for the shield, but also a shield without sharp or abrading edges and a stop to prevent the ac cidental displacement of the point from the shield.

I am aware that prior to my invention a patent, No. 335,2Sl, dated February 2, 1886, was granted to \V. F. Hyatt for a safety-pin having the unsharpened limb bent at the, end over away from the main portion, and then back. toward the main portion to form a guide. I therefore do not claim, broadly, a pin the wire of which is bent in the manner shown in that patent; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination, a safety-pin with its unsharpened member folded at d, e, and f into a frame, and a shield, B, fixed in place by folding it around the wire of the pin, as at h, and around the side of the frame, as at m, and over the wire of the pin, as at k, the last-- named fold forming a hood for the reception of the point of the pin, as and for the purpose described.

In presence of- G. M. PLYMrroN, D. A. CARPENTER.

' HENRY c. BAILEY. 

